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I just found this image in my computer. I don’t remember where I got this image. One thing for sure is that the image depicts the internet speeds and costs around the world. I am not sure in which year the graphic was created. It was probably around 2008-2009. The graphic contains top 20 Nations in ITIF Broadband Rankings.

What I can understand from the image is that Japan has been penetrated with 61mbps internet connection and the cost is only $0.27/month. YES, IT’S TRUE. WOWWWW!!!!. Well, sorry for my hysterical response. I couldn’t help it. Indonesia is not even in the top 20, not to mention the internet cost.

I thought The Netherlands would be in the top 5 countries for Internet speed and costs (I lived in The Netherlands for 3 years), but I was wrong. The Top 5 countries were Japan, Korea, Finland, Sweden, and France (61mbps, 46mbps, 22mbps, 18.2mbps, and 17.6mbps, respectively). Netherlands was in sixth position. How about USA? Uncle Sam was behind Iceland and Germany (4.8mbps). In the 20th position was Greece.

I almost forgot to mention that about 60% of Japanese (approximately 76 million people out of 125 million people, data 2009) has access to this broadband internet connection. In USA, only about 8%-10% of American (approximately 27 million people out of 308 million people, estimated data 2010) has the access to the broadband internet connection.

I hope the cheap and fast broadband internet connection will penetrate Indonesia in near future.

Wow, I still can’t believe my eyes (my heart and my soul). My main English blog hasn’t been updated for a while. This contradicts the updates I have for my main Indonesian blog, Soul Hotel. Hehehe, it’s not that I discriminate you. No,,heeee, NO. The fact is I still can’t write interesting things here.

Well, let me try to remember some interesting news happened around me recently. First, it is spring in Groningen now. What to expect? The sun has been brightly friendly lately, so I don’t have to wear thick astronout clothes. The record so far is 22 degree Celcius. People also start to have "praten over koffie" outside the cafe, students study in the park. I don’t know whether people star to remove their clothes and sunbathing in the famous nude lake in Groningen, Hoornsmeer:P.

**Daylight Saving TIme in The Netherlands was started on March 28, 2009**

Second, Indonesia will held its biggest democracy feast, election day, today. Thursday, 9 April 2009, was announced as public holiday so people who have registered as elector may exercise their right. I am still wondering how people will choose their favorite candidate among those hundreds candidates. May the best win!

I think that’s all for today. Ja ne! Mata ashita! Tot morgen!